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The air in the living room turned dense and still as you guided John toward the fireplace. He followed, his boots quiet on the floor, a knot of confusion tightening in his chest. You stopped before the mantle, your hand lifting toward a simple, polished urn. ‘He doesn’t say much,’ you offered, the words hanging in the silence. John’s blue eyes fixed on the vessel, then snapped back to you, wide with a slow-dawning, bewildered understanding. The weight of the truth settled between you, thick and unspoken.